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Overview of LaTeX and Local Guide
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The LaTeX command typesets a file of text using the TeX program
and the LaTeX Macro package for TeX. To be more specific, it 
processes an input file containing the text of a document with 
interspersed commands that describe how the text should be 
formatted. It produces at least three files as output:

	1. A "Device Independent", or `.dvi' file. This contains
commands that can be translated into commands for a variety 
of output devices. You can view the output of LaTeX by using 
a program such as xdvi, which actually uses the `.dvi' file. 
	2. A "transcript" or `.log' file that contains summary
information and diagnostic messages for any errors discovered
in the input file. 
	3. An "auxiliary" or `.aux' file. This is used by LaTeX 
itself, for things such as sectioning. 

For a description of what goes on inside TeX, you should
consult The TeXbook by Donald E. Knuth, ISBN 0-201-13448-9,
published jointly by the American Mathematical Society 
and Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. 

For a description of LaTeX, you should consult: 
	LaTeX: A Document Preparation System, by Leslie Lamport, 
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 2nd edition, 1994. 
	The LaTeX Companion, by Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach, 
and Alexander Samarin, Addison-Wesley, 1994. 

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Commands
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A LaTeX command begins with the command name, which consists
of a \ followed by either (a) a string of letters or 
(b) a single non-letter. Arguments contained in square brackets,
[], are optional while arguments contained in braces, {},
are required. 

NOTE: LaTeX is case sensitive. Enter all commands in lower 
case unless explicitly directed to do otherwise.
 
	Counters:	 Internal counters used by LaTeX. 
	Cross References: Automatic referencing. 
	Definitions: 	Define your own commands etc. 
	Document Classes: 	Some of the various classes available. 
	Environments:	Such as enumerate & itemize. 
	Footnotes:	How to produce footnotes. 
	Layout:	Controlling the page layout. 
	Lengths:	The length commands. 
	Letters:	The letter class. 
	Line & Page Breaking:	How to insert pagebreaks etc. 
	Making Paragraphs:	Paragraph commands. 
	Margin Notes:	Putting remarks in the margin. 
	Math Formulae:	How to create mathematical formulae. 
	Modes:	Paragraph, Math or LR modes. 
	Page Styles:	Various styles of page layout. 
	Sectioning:	How to section properly. 
	Spaces & Boxes:	All the associated commands. 
	Special Characters:	Special reserved characters. 
	Splitting the Input:	Dealing with big files by splitting. 
	Starting & Ending:	The formal start & end layouts. 
	Table of Contents:	How to create a table of contents. 
	Terminal Input/Output:	User interaction. 
	Typefaces:	Such as bold, italics etc. 

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